February 2, 2015

Workshop on the Disclosure Function of the Patent System 2015.3.7

Workshop on the Disclosure Function of the Patent System 2015.3.7

Date: March 7th (Saturday) 2015Time: 13:00 pm to 17:30 pmVenue: First Floor of National Center of Sciences Building (Gakujutsu Sogo Center)
(Chiyoda Campus of Hitotsubashi University,
2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Japan))
About a 4-minute walk from Exit 1b of Takebashi Station on the Tokyo Metro Subway Tozai Line

15:30 Presentations of work in progress (25 minutes each, 15 minutes Q&A)
Chair Yosuke Okada
(1)“Effects of early patent disclosure on knowledge: evidence from the impact of introducing Pre-Grant Publication System in the United States,”
Yoshimi OKADA, Hitotsubashi University

(2) “Effects of early initiation of patent examination on the examination quality,”
Isamu YAMAUCHI, RIETI

(3) “Use of grace period and its impact on knowledge flow: evidence from Japan,”
Sadao NAGAOKA, Hitotsubashi University

17:30 Closing

**Acknowledgement
This research project is supported by the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research JSPS(B:26285055). We would like to thank for this.

*Registration:
Please contact chosa(at)iir.hit-u.ac.jp by 10:00 March 3. Please write
"March 7th Workshop" in the subject field and send the following information.
1) Name
2) Affiliation
3) Position